{"product_id":"the-forsaken-founder-gouverneur-morris-the-unsung-patriot-who-wrote-the-constitution-stood-up-to-slavery-and-survived-the-reign-of-terror-9781668094945","title":"The Forsaken Founder: Gouverneur Morris, the Unsung Patriot Who Wrote the Constitution, Stood Up to Slavery, and Survived the Reign of Terror","description":"\u003cb\u003eUncover the little-known story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant yet overlooked Founding Father whose visionary ideas from writing key components of the US Constitution to helping create America's first bank to holding an unwavering stance against slavery shaped the nation's future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen George Washington and the Continental Army faced starvation, he turned to Gouverneur Morris to help devise a plan to provision the troops. When the fledgling nation needed a financial system to sustain the Revolution, Morris again was called upon to help design its first national bank and currency. When the compromises between North and South, large states and small, had to be stitched into a single governing document, the task of shaping the Constitution's final language fell largely to him. At the Constitutional Convention, Morris spoke more often than any delegate save James Madison--and more forcefully against slavery. When Alexander Hamilton died in a tragic duel, his widow insisted that Hamilton's closest friend, Gouverneur Morris, deliver the eulogy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMorris continued to serve the republic after its founding as envoy to France during the Revolution and Reign of Terror, and as an early visionary who grasped that New York, not Philadelphia, could become the nation's economic capital if a canal opened the interior to the sea. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet, despite these achievements, Morris's legacy is little known today. In this deeply researched biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Forsaken Founder\u003c\/i\u003e, Scott Greenberger restores this indispensable figure to history and asks why one of the most prescient and principled founders faded from memory. Was it his uncompromising opposition to slavery? His unapologetic aristocratic style? His belief that liberty required structure as well as passion? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from the battlefields of the American Revolution to the salons of Paris and the blood-soaked streets of the French Revolution, this book restores Morris to his rightful place in history. It is the story of a man admired by giants, resisted by factions, and ultimately forsaken by memory--and of a republic still grappling with the truths he dared to speak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott S. Greenberger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e 37 Ink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668094945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott S. Greenberger\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis coauthor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eCritical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis \u003c\/i\u003eand author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur. \u003c\/i\u003eCurrently the executive editor of \u003ci\u003eStateline\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been a newspaper reporter at the \u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePolitic\u003c\/i\u003eo, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. Greenberger has a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University and a master's degree in international relations from George Washington University. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Scott S. Greenberger \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48910130217117,"sku":"9781668094945","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1b0b3d40-70de-4d18-9cd8-8db34f23897d.jpg?v=1789456233","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-forsaken-founder-gouverneur-morris-the-unsung-patriot-who-wrote-the-constitution-stood-up-to-slavery-and-survived-the-reign-of-terror-9781668094945","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}